VW shelves Polo WRC plans Volkswagen has abandoned plans to get its 2017-spec Polo World Rally Car out on WRC stages this year after it fell foul of FIA homologation regulations. The German firm ended its manufacturer WRC programme at the end of last season, but later confirmed that it hoped to offer its all-new Polo to private teams that could run it in the WRC with support from Volkwagen Motorsport. However, before the car could compete in the WRC Volkswagen needed to find a way to complete the homologation process that it stopped last year. Volkswagen Motorsport director Sven Smeets confirmed that efforts to do this had failed. “Following customer enquiries, Volkswagen Motorsport...
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